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A Network of Chains
by Prasad Krishna — published May 23, 2011 — filed under:
New infotech rules infringe on freedom of expression, make net use near-impossible, writes Arindam Mukherjee. The article was published in the latest issue (May 30, 2011) of Outlook Magazine.
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Sony site flaw puts focus on Internet security
by Prasad Krishna — published May 20, 2011 — last modified May 30, 2011 01:15 PM — filed under:
INTERNET security has once again come into sharp focus with Sony discovering a loophole in their website set up to reset passwords for its users affected by the hacking of the PlayStation network. Shayan Ghosh's article was published by Mail Today on Friday,May 20, 2011.
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Bangalore-based NGO files RTI query asking list of websites blocked by Indian govt
by Prasad Krishna — published May 18, 2011 — last modified May 23, 2011 08:39 AM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), a Bangalore-based NGO, recently filed an RTI query with the Department of Information Technology (DIT), asking for a list of websites blocked by the Indian government under the IT Act. This article by R Krishna was published in the Daily News & Analysis on May 18, 2011.
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IT Act if enforced will leave internet use in India no freer than in China
by Prasad Krishna — published May 15, 2011 — last modified May 18, 2011 02:28 AM
The Centre for Internet & Societies (CIS), a Bangalore-based NGO, recently filed an RTI query with the Department of Information Technology (DIT), asking for a list of websites blocked by the Indian government under the IT Act. The department handed them a list of 11 websites. It was just one department’s list, but this was the first time such a list was being made public. This news written by R Krishna was published by the Daily News & Analysis on May 15, 2011.
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Your Privacy is Public Property
by Prasad Krishna — published May 15, 2011 — last modified May 18, 2011 02:28 AM
Rules issued by a control-obsessed government have armed officials with widespread powers to pry into your private life. This article was published in Mail Today on Sunday, May 15, 2011.
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Point By Point Rebuttal Of Indian Government’s Statement On Internet Control Rules
by Prasad Krishna — published May 13, 2011 — last modified May 25, 2011 12:46 PM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet and Society has published a point-by-point rebuttal of the statement issued by India’s Department of Information Technology on India’s Internet Control Rules. The text below is reproduced from CIS India’s website, under a CC-BY license (which means anyone can re-publish it, with attribution. You can, too). We’ve highlighted (in bold) certain statements in the rebuttal. This article by Nikhil Pahwa was published in Medianama on May 13, 2011.
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The Second IJLT-CIS Lecture Series at National Law School, Bangalore
by Prasad Krishna — published May 13, 2011 — filed under:
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology and the Centre for Internet and Society, present the second IJLT- CIS Lecture Series, an event comprised of an intensive series of lectures by luminaries with expertise in law and technology to give students, professionals and anyone interested in a comprehensive idea about the theme, "Emerging Issues in Privacy law".
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New rules to ensure due diligence: IT dept
by Prasad Krishna — published May 11, 2011 — last modified May 23, 2011 06:12 AM — filed under:
Facing widespread criticism over new IT rules that put certain amount of liability on intermediaries like Google and Facebook for user-generated content, the government clarified that the rules are simply seeking "due diligence" on the part of websites and web hosts. This news was published in the Times of India on May 11, 2011.
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Indian civil liberties groups are now geared to fight the draconian IT Rules
by Prasad Krishna — published May 11, 2011
There is a price for liberty and that is eternal vigil against forces that seek to grab it from you. Civil Liberties groups are now coming to terms with the recently issued Information Technology Rules 2011 of the Government of India, which they fear would curtail the freedom of expression of Internet users in the country, writes Akash Bisht. This article was published in the Weekend Leader.com, Vol 2 Issue 18, 6 - 12 May, 2011.
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New Internet rule: 'Objectionable' content can be removed without notifying users
by Prasad Krishna — published May 11, 2011
In the age of internet-fuelled information explosion, the government's new rule allowing telecom companies and blogging sites, among others, to remove "objectionable" content from the web without informing users is a violation of the right to freedom of speech, say netizens and cyber law experts. This article was published in dailybhaskar.com on May 11, 2011.
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